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| Criterion |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |  Business Strategy Strategy Execution Loop |  Agile Start Stop Continue |  Agile Sprint Retrospective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible. | The Strategy Execution Loop helps avoid treating strategy as a one-off document. It makes visible how strategic decisions are turned into objectives, initiatives, operational work, measurement, and learning. | When a team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood. | When a sprint is over and friction shouldn't simply be carried forward, it opens the view onto collaboration and patterns. It creates space to see causes and changes together. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | Initial 3-6 h, then monthly or quarterly reviews | 30-60 min | Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 5-12 | 3-12 | Scrum Team |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items | Execution Loop, Review Cadence, Strategic Learning Log | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions | Improvement actions, Team agreements |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveTeamReflection | ExecutionCadenceLearningGovernance | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection | RetrospectiveImprovementLearning |